A Thread For Random RPG Musings

Duke Bushido · November 10, 2022

You remind of a game many many moons ago- Davien's character hastily stripped the boots from a fallen guard because they had tested as magic. He threw one to the party mage while he worked at removing the other. The mage rolled, the GM spilled "the aura tells you this boot and its mate have been enchanted with an ancient Southern magic to become a warrior's Boots of Speed, and that the ritual used has made these boots as much as three times faster than any other pair ever crafted here in the northern lands."

In character, the mage announces "Boot of Speed! Nice!"

As soon as the second boot popped off, he slipped it on, snatched the other away from the mage and preened for a moment.

Then he stabbed a porter who, among other things, had been carrying- well, for simplicity's sake, let's call it a bag of holding in which much of the party's loot was stored.

He then turned around and _raced_ away.

The GM:

Roll DEX. Roll DEX. Oops! A miss; you take [rolls dice] some disturbingly high amount of damage

What? Why?

Your normal move is 8". You were trying to move 30"!

But these are boots of speed!

One of them,is; yes.

:rofl: :rofl:

Before anyone says it was a crap thing to do as "retaliation," the GM dropped the screen, produce the note card with the NPC guard on it, flipped it over, and sure enough: if checked, he will detect as carrying magic. He is wearing one Boot of Speed and an identical normal boot.

The GM went on to explain that the there was a similar but reversed pair at a dishonest pawnbroker's store (we had actually been there two sessions before) who picked up the boots for a song, and saw a chance to double his profits.